foreordination

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The son of a Congregational minister who believed in predestination and foreordination, he himself began with an intention of entering the ministry; but, after two years' preparation, turned to the law and politics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Origin and destiny did not trouble them; predestination and justification by faith were not even in their curriculum; foreordination and baptism were to them problems not to be taken seriously.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert

It may be used first in the general sense of foreordination.

From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert

Oliver Cromwell never believed more radically in the foreordination of all human actions than did he.

From The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It by Leech, Rev. Samuel Vanderlip

All the conflicting opinions and acts in the fiercest controversy that ever raged, this theory traces up to the Divine foreordination.

From The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted by Hodgson, F. (Francis)